Democratic Innovations
New methods and approaches to improve democracy from a non-technical approach. With an emphasis on emerging methods that endeavor to give citizens a more active role in governance.
Civic Collaboratory
Shifting the current paradigm of individual achievement towards collaboration and shared success.
Colaboratório de Inovação Cidadã para o Desenvolvimento Social (CLIC)
Intersectional Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded (INSPIRE)
Re-imagining Democracy with Europe’s Diverse Communities
Types of Voting System
Different voting systems have a variety of different features, ranging from how proportional they are (whether seats in parliament reflect votes cast), the connection between MPs and their communities...
Make Votes Matter
Make Votes Matter is the [UK] national movement for Proportional Representation
Our House
Our House is building a popular case for democratic reform through a new People's Charter [in the UK].
Does reducing stigma increase the take-up of rental assistance?
Renters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a po...
Democracy Without Elections (DWE)
Democracy without Elections is a member-run 501c3 nonprofit that promotes the use of democratic lotteries.
Journal of Democracy
Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements around the world.
Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (Civic Data Coop)
The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (LCR CDC) is a data governance project funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and hosted by the Faculty of Health and Life Scie...
G1000
G1000 is a Belgian platform for democratic innovation. We develop, support and promote new forms of deliberation that reinforce democracy from the local to the national level. We believe democracy sho...
Lottocracy
The first sustained, detailed philosophical defense of using lotteries, rather than elections, to select political representatives
Renovate the Public Hearing
Renovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requiremen...
Reimagining Democracy for AI
By Aviv Ovadya
Empowered.vote
A non-profit civic platform designed to empower shared solutions.
Alma Cívica
Acerca y conecta a los mejores ciudadanos líderes con una política responsable, que actúan con compromiso y vocación por el bien común del Paraguay.
The People Act
A hub for legislative theatre and creative civic practice.
New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America
New Democratic Initiatives in Authoritarian Twenty-First Century Latin America uses a multidisciplinary approach to understand the coincidence of emerging social movements, seeking more meaningful for...
World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly
Every two years, the World Movement for Democracy’s Global Assembly brings together hundreds of democracy advocates from around the world to foster new networks for mutual solidarity and support acros...
Glossary: The A to Z of collective intelligence and democracy
Curated definitions of key terms relevant to collective intelligence, democracy and governance.
Democracy R&D
We are an international network of organizations, associations, and individuals that develop, implement, and promote ways to improve democracy, from the local to the global level.
newDemocracy Foundation
newDemocracy is an independent, non-partisan research and development organisation. We aim to discover, develop, demonstrate, and promote complementary alternatives which will restore trust in public...
World Forum for Democracy
The strength of democracy lies in its ability to embrace and balance differences to serve society as a whole.
Democracy R&D Conference
The annual Democracy R&D conference is the leading international event for people who fund, run, commission, study and advocate for Citizens’ Assemblies.
Local Democracy Academy
We are convinced that the battle to eliminate poverty worldwide starts here at home – in our village, our town, or our municipality. Which is why, here at ICLD, we work with people who are changing th...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Latinoamérica
Nace como una forma de contribuir a desplegar las habilidades y competencias necesarias en personas y agrupaciones de diversa índole que desean ser protagonistas de la construcción del futuro para sus...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) USA
IAP2 USA is a nationwide organization that leads, advances and advocates for best practices in public participation. It is a home and community for people who believe good decisions can be made togeth...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia
As the peak body for the community and stakeholder engagement sector, IAP2 Australasia, believes that engagement, when done well, improves environmental, social and governance outcomes and increases t...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Our mission is to promote and advance public participation / community engagement globally through targeted initiatives that are guided by culturally adaptive standards of practice and core values.
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) South Africa
Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Indonesia
IAP2 adalah asosiasi anggota internasional yang mempromosikan dan meningkatkan praktik partisipasi publik atau pelibatan masyarakat, yang menggabungkan individu, pemerintah, lembaga, dan entitas lain...
International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Canada
Take advantage of world-class training and develop your skillset, join a like-minded community, and access member discounts when you join IAP2 Canada.
Delibera Brasil
Citizen assembly model
RxC QV
An easy tool to host a quadratic vote.
RadicalxChange Foundation
RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, g...
Voice of the People's Policymaking Simulations
Voice Of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government.
Center for Democracy Innovation
The mission of the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation is to understand, test, and disseminate innovations that can make democracy more participatory, equitable, and productive.
Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab
The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is devoted to research a...
OECD Deliberative Democracy Database (2023)
The OECD's 700+ case studies of citizen juries, councils, assemblies, and more
Federation for Innovation in Democracy - Europe (FIDE)
Bringing citizens' voices to the decision making table
United Humans
[W]hich aspires to establish a global democracy, solving the hard problem of representing every human in the world – including those who won’t participate – without the help of government.
Deliberative Democracy Digest
The Deliberative Democracy Digest publishes a roundup of recent developments in the theory and practice of deliberative democracy. It is the companion piece of the academic publication Journal of Deli...
FairVote
FairVote is a nonpartisan organization advocating for ranked-choice voting in the US.
Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy
The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and...
coletivo delibera
O coletivo delibera trabalha com uma forma inédita e democrática de atuação da sociedade nas decisões de pautas políticas do país, de comunidades, de cidades e até mesmo de bairros.
Hallo Bundestag
Gewählt. Gelost. Gemeinsam. Wahlkreisräte für die Demokratie
Wir holen euch ab! Wie wir durch Bürgerräte und Zufallsauswahl echte Vielfalt in die Demokratie bringen
Dabei haben sich Katharina Liesenberg und Linus Strothmann vom Team Es geht LOS einer jahrtausendealten, urdemokratischen Methode bedient: des Losens
Agora.Brussels
Citizens' movement to practice democracy by sortition. Notable twist includes winning a seat in Brussels Parliament, where their elected representative must act on behalf of 50 residents chosen by lot...
What Makes an Assembly? Stories, Experiments, and Inquiries
Weaving together the anthropological, aesthetic, and political aspects of assembly-making, What Makes An Assembly? explores the potential of assemblies to reimagine the way democracy is practised in c...
Dreamocracy
Collective creativity for the common good